Born: Established: 1950 Croydon, Surrey,
AustLit
Details of Works Taught
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
Belonging
Jeannie Baker
(illustrator),
London
:
Walker Books [London]
,
2004
Z1134871
2004
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'An alienating city street gradually becomes a place to call home. Little by little, baby Tracy grows. She and her neighbours begin to rescue their street. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. They paint murals over old graffiti. They stop the cars. Everything begins to blossom. Belonging explores the re-greening of the city: the role of community, the empowerment of people and the significance of children, family and neighbourhood in changing their urban environment. The streets gradually become places for safe children's play, and community activity and places for nature and wonder.' (Source: Author's website, http://www.jeanniebaker.com/picture_books_index.htm) |
Social Justice and Children's Literature | University of Wollongong | 2015 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y Mirror Jeannie Baker (illustrator), Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2010 Z1712575 2010 single work picture book children's (taught in 1 units) 'This innovative picture book comprises two stories designed to be read simultaneously – one from the left, the other from the right. Page by page, we experience a day in the lives of two boys and their families. An Australian family, whose way of life strikes a familiar chord, and a family from a far away country with a way of life that differs more than one can imagine. As we read we discover the simple truth that despite these differences we are all the same. We are the mirror of each other.' (From the publisher's website.) | English Pedagogy in the Primary Curriculum | University of New England | 2012 |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Jeannie Baker
(illustrator),
New York (City)
:
Greenwillow Books
,
1987
Z823665
1987
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 2 units)
'A boy and his father travel in their boat, ‘Time Machine’ to a stretch of beach beside a primordial tropical rainforest. As the boy walks among the trees he imagines the forest as it might have been in the past. Dinosaurs emerge, barely perceptible, from a tangle of trunks and vines; the faint outlines of an aboriginal child melt into a background of trees and in the final haunting scene the unspoiled vista readers have toured is overlaid with translucent images of a possible future civilisation..' (Source: Author's website) |
Fiction for Young Readers | Flinders University | 2009 |
y
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
Jeannie Baker
(illustrator),
New York (City)
:
Greenwillow Books
,
1987
Z823665
1987
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 2 units)
'A boy and his father travel in their boat, ‘Time Machine’ to a stretch of beach beside a primordial tropical rainforest. As the boy walks among the trees he imagines the forest as it might have been in the past. Dinosaurs emerge, barely perceptible, from a tangle of trunks and vines; the faint outlines of an aboriginal child melt into a background of trees and in the final haunting scene the unspoiled vista readers have toured is overlaid with translucent images of a possible future civilisation..' (Source: Author's website) |
Fiction for Young Readers | Flinders University | 2010 (Semester 2) |
Text | Unit Name | Institution | Year |
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y Window Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better. | Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2014 (Semester 1) |
y Window Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better. | Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2015 (Semester 1) |
y Window Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better. | Australian Children's Literature | Charles Sturt University | 2016 (Semester 1) |
y Window Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better. | Fiction for Young Readers | Flinders University | 2009 |
y Window Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better. | Fiction for Young Readers | Flinders University | 2010 (Semester 2) |